J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish
from the trailer for Hit The Deck (1955)
Born	Joseph Patrick Carroll Naish (1896-01-21)January 21, 1896 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 24, 1973(1973-01-24) (aged 77) La Jolla, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Emphysema
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
Nationality	American
Other names	Carol Naish Carroll Naish Carrol Naish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1926–1971
Spouse(s)	Gladys Heaney (m. 1929–73)
Children	1
Awards	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (1944)

Joseph Patrick Carroll Naish (January 21, 1896–January 24, 1973), known professionally as J. Carrol Naish, was an American character actor. He was nominated twice for an Academy Award for film roles, and he later found fame in the title role of CBS Radio's Life with Luigi (1948–1953).

Born in New York City, Naish appeared on stage for several years before he began his film career. He began as a member of Gus Edwards's vaudeville troupe of child performers. After World War I, Naish formed his own song and dance act in Paris. He was traveling the globe from Europe to Egypt to Asia, when his China-bound ship developed engine problems, leaving him in California in 1926.

Naish's uncredited bit role in What Price Glory? (1926) launched his career in more than two hundred films. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first for his role as Giuseppe in the movie Sahara (1943) in which he delivers one of the most moving speeches in any wartime film: "Mussolini is not so clever like Hitler, he can dress up his Italians only to look like thieves, cheats, murderers, he cannot like Hitler make them feel like that. He cannot like Hitler scrape from their conscience the knowledge right is right and wrong is wrong, or dig holes in their heads to plant his own Ten Commandments- Steal from thy neighbor, Cheat thy neighbor, Kill thy neighbor! But are my eyes blind that I must fall to my knees to worship a maniac who has made of my country a concentration camp, who has made of my people slaves? Must I kiss the hand that beats me, lick the boot that kicks me? NO!", and for his performance as the title character's Hispanic father in the movie A Medal for Benny (1945). For the latter film, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.